Spotlight: Black History Month

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From the Underground Railroad and Frederick Douglass to Malcolm X, Martin Luther King, Jr. and everything in between, our Spotlight: Black History is the perfect resource for your timely February ...

February Spotlight: U. S. Presidents

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George Washington. John Adams. Abraham Lincoln. John F. Kennedy. Richard Nixon. How much do your students really know about our founding fathers and the men in the Oval Office? Find out with our S...

Webinar Alert: Live from FETC!

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netTrekker and BrainPOP as 2.0 Research Tools: A Webinar Live From FETC Wednesday, February 2, 2010 4:30 PM EST Duration: 1 Hour netTrekker’s Danielle Abernethy and our Dr. Kari Stubbs team up for ...

Guest Blog: Success with DonorsChoose

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Karyn Keenan is a recent recipient of a donorschoose grant. She teaches 2nd grade in Chicago, and she's chock full of great ideas! Thanks, Karyn. This summer I decided to work on getting a subscr...

Webinar Alert: Combining Art & Technology to Go Beyond BrainPOP

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Combining Art & Technology to Go Beyond BrainPOP Wednesday, January 19, 2010 4:30 PM EST Duration: 1 Hour BrainPOP Educator Celebrity Liz Gatewood is back to share tons of inspiring ideas along...

January Spotlight: Book Month

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Curl up with a good Spotlight like this one! Book Month topics include Agatha Christie, Charles Dickens, Homer, Judy Blume, Maya Angelou, Book Reports, "Frankenstein," and more. On BrainPOP Jr., ...

Ch-ch-ch-Changes

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Have you checked out BrainPOP Jr. today? We've made a few ch-ch-ch-changes that help improve usability. Most notably, we increased the size of our movie-playing window on the topic page, so it hook...

Focus!

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Special Educator Teacher, Shelley Doherty, from Dater School in Ramsey, NJ, shares some helpful tips she and her colleagues compiled. Thanks, Shelley! Our classified children are often distracted b...

Time to Recharge

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It's hard to believe we're nearing 2011. We hope that you'll take time to rest and recharge over the holidays. Perhaps you might even spend some time looking for ways to bring fresh ideas to your cl...

Special Guest Series: Moby Goes Global

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Mitch Norris is an Apple Distinguished Educator and the ICT specialist for Kindergarten to Grade 7 at the International School of the Sacred Heart in Tokyo, Japan. You can find him at his website ww...